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- Episode #599 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Finale & Reunion Recap
Pre-mush your pancakes, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who attract the “I wanna sit with my mates!” crowd – Logan, Bindles & I – have been going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – concluding with the final two episodes and reveal of Alan as the Mole!
In this week’s recap:
- We try not to imagine Logan’s fan art.
- Logan marks himself as safe.
- There’s one final opportunity for Bindles to do his homework.
- I had a very interesting trip to the cinema.
- What are we doing next episode?
- We celebrate an actual milestone.
- Production has a figure in mind.
- We find the one place on Earth where Bev would be considered young.
- What’s the current Mount Wellington record?
- Did they give them a bit too much time to cycle?
- Why did Jan have a meltdown?
- Is this the biggest mismatch for a final two candidates ever?
- Why didn’t Grant give Jan more credit?
- Did Alan have a disadvantage?
- An original argument returns.
- Was this season the one they showed at MIPCOM?
- Has Jan’s record ever been beaten?
- Was everyone a bit naive?
- Why is there genuine bloody snow?
- Did they make the mountain climb harder for themselves?
- Abby has a special car all of her own.
- Could they have still passed if Jan & Abby had found all four items?
- We reveal Land Rover’s cut ad.
- Did the bandstand look familiar?
- What was the “ball that disappears”?
- Was the treasure hunt a bit flawed?
- How old was the Town Crier?
- Vic asks for a dollar (or 10,000).
- Grant contradicts himself.
- Was the boat that interesting?
- Why was this season so all-or-nothing?
- Logan builds up to a joke.
- Did they know there’d be a Final Test?
- Jan has to explain who the Mole is.
- Did Abby & Ben hook up?
- There’s some very impressive reunion fashion choices.
- Rocky is fucking pissed.
- Is there any truth to Rocky’s deal?
- Was James Jan’s biggest opponent?
- Why was Jan such a formidable opponent?
- Should Jan be talked about more as a great winner?
- What did everyone do after the show?
- Why were Production pushing Ben & Abby when the real couple of the season were right there?
- Alan does the biggest sabotage in Mole history.
- How much guidance did Alan actually get?
- We make a plea for #600.
- Did the fans know there were clues?
- We look at all of Logan’s “interesting” suspicions from the season.
- Bindles gives us a dramatic reading.
- We reveal who the Sneaky Tasmanian and German Best-Selling Author are.
- We wrap up our longest Historians episode ever (and longest episode generally since before COVID!) by eulogising the season.
- And what’s next?
Thank you for listening all season – we’ll see you soon for more episodes!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jdznduimi82zzs84/moleau0108.mp31 hr 57 min - Episode #598 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 7 Recap
Have D-U-M smash its way in, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who would never Mario Kart and Drink – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the seventh episode and execution of Linda.
In this week’s recap:
- Dare we ask what Logan did for his birthday?
- Has Bindles done his homework yet?
- I’ve been back in the kitchen.
- We have a new spin-off idea.
- Why are people in cruise groups like that?
- Is there a right choice for the sport?
- Did the Champions rules change after last week?
- What was the point of the photos of the Champions?
- Did the Champions travel forwards in time?
- Where did all the budget go?
- Did they need to wake them up at 5am?
- Why was Steve the Chauffeur there?
- Can we date this episode?
- Jan cockblocks Production.
- Did Seven have a Centre Court pass waiting?
- Did Lynne show off a bit too much?
- I accidentally got my friend drunk.
- Was the sportscaster a setup?
- What is the weirdest thing about Steve?
- I gloat about a surprise.
- Grant brings back his slutty little reading glasses.
- Where did Grant disappear to?
- We’re all scaredy cats.
- Is the casino the pinnacle of Grant Bowler Dick Moments?
- When is Salamanca Square not a Place?
- Would the US ever do the life drawing challenge?
- The reason for Rocky’s lack of montage is finally revealed.
- Which red task would we least not like to do?
- Should Alan have painted Linda?
- We react to a silly Discord idea.
- Grant’s toast feels a little premature.
- One of the crew members reveals some information.
- Bindles spots something that Alan answers wrong.
- Why did Jan have such a visceral reaction to the execution?
- Linda gets a eulogy.
- Logan locks in his final set of suspects, by trying to avoid a Typical Logan Saunders Disaster.
- And did we try and mislead Logan with the Sneaky Tasmanian?
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week to recap the Finale & Reunion and finish the season!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2hg4wbjh5e5c6pbx/moleau0107.mp31 hr 3 min - Episode #597 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 6 Recap
Obey the fifteen second rule, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who have the occasional glimpse of a budget – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the sixth episode and execution of Beverley.
In this week’s recap:
- Logan has let us and himself down.
- Has Bindles done his homework yet?
- Did Rocky get his protein powder back?
- Why did Linda not drop her toast?
- Did Tasmania find a convenient man to name a park after?
- I offer Fuzzy an easy banner.
- Where are all the dams?
- Why were there two different lengths of rope?
- Who would be a good person to bounce off walls?
- Logan tries to be subtle.
- Who’s reviewed Aardvark Adventures?
- Could the first abseiler have done the 140m descent?
- Just how old actually was Bev?
- We interrogate the interrogator’s backstory.
- Did the interrogator teach Linda anything?
- Was Linda ever going to pick the can up?
- How much practice did the locals have at throwing a can?
- Is the jail actually haunted?
- Bindles refuses to do a joke.
- We learn about Linda’s now husband.
- Richmond loves Doctor Who.
- Grant is disappointed in Michael Dyson.
- What were the rules for the interrogation?
- We solve a wiki mystery.
- Did Production want a coin flip?
- What’s the best tactic for the other four?
- Beverley is patient zero (again!)
- Did Abby have an ulterior motive to getting cast?
- Logan gets himself a rare accolade.
- Why did Abby ask if the Pope was a Catholic?
- Is the group’s reaction to Linda’s “betrayal” justified?
- Why didn’t they say who slipped up?
- Where did Jan pop up again after this season?
- Is it too early in the day for Grant’s slutty little wine corner?
- Beverley gets a unique exit.
- What got cut?
- Does Beverley need a eulogy?
- And Logan locks in his penultimate set of suspicions.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i5kpsqhhbhtujx4m/moleau0106.mp31 hr 20 min - Episode #596 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 5 Recap
Add a bit of interpersonal conflict into it, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who start a sentence and hope they find it along the way – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the fifth episode and execution of Ben.
In this week’s recap:
- Is this episode more up our street?
- Did the sniper exemption change?
- Is Linda a trendsetter?
- Pieter Jan makes a cameo.
- Why did Grant fake them out?
- Logan gets me a bingo square.
- Production commits a crime.
- Does the pink piece do anything?
- Is the paintball challenge the first great one of the season?
- The podcast has slightly come back to bite me.
- How was Bev the first out?
- Alan underestimates Bev’s ability to climb a hill.
- Why were people pissed that Alan got an exemption?
- Grant starts a tradition.
- Is it always more fun when a host doesn’t know who the Mole is?
- Why did they have to be judged by Victorian orphans?
- Bindles reveals some subliminal advertising we missed.
- Was the puzzle challenge actually possible?
- Is a digital stills camera just a digital camera?
- Should they have given the team a point for human itself?
- Why did Ben think his confessional would be cut?
- Grant enters full bitch mode.
- Where was the execution?
- Ben gets a montage and a very quiet exit.
- Logan gives us his fifth set of suspicions.
- And we talk about Ben more than we have in five episodes.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ujt7iaj8zrhxenfx/moleau0105.mp349 min - Episode #595 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 4 Recap
Go twelve hours and wait for breakfast, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who do a lot, but kinda don’t do much at all – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the fourth episode and execution of Josephine.
In this week’s recap:
- We pay tribute to a departed friend.
- There’s an open invitation to any of the alumni we bump into at the finale next year.
- Have we been away in our mid-season gap?
- Logan has a social life.
- There’s some deeply topical football chat.
- We have some Traitors Talk.
- What’s happening with Amazing Race 40?
- Grant’s fashion is immediately interrogated.
- When does a mistake become a sabotage?
- Do we really need to hear why everyone’s suspicious after three episodes?
- Why is this episode so weirdly paced?
- Was “Girl Guides” deliberate?
- Grant starts a streak.
- Did they break the rules for the raft?
- Where are all the vegetarians?
- Which side of the challenge would we want to do?
- Did Summer not reach Tasmania in 2000?
- Who sabotaged the fishing?
- Did Beverley prepare the fish?
- Ben nearly accidentally wins an exemption.
- What did they get up to on the ride back to Strahan?
- Did Linda suspect everyone?
- Logan unveils his fourth set of suspicions.
- And Josephine gets a eulogy.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gx7vipkew6e9ntgf/moleau0104.mp31 hr 14 min - Episode #594 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 3 Recap
Rhyme something with macaque, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who got a crash course in etherdiscipline from Beverley – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the third episode and execution of Rocky.
In this week’s recap:
- We’re all sleep deprived!
- Did they need twenty minutes to drive to the maze?
- Did Production forget they were making a TV show?
- Grant finds his favourite chair.
- Did the taggers need to be in contact?
- What was the trick in the maze challenge?
- I’m being terrorised by a blind bastard.
- Bindles spots a subtle sponsor.
- Which delicacy would we have wanted to taste?
- Was Rocky the first to suggest a candidate sabotages for their own gain?
- Did Grant get a lie-in?
- Did anyone believe they weren’t doing a challenge?
- When was the last time Josephine slept?
- Is there an obviously better choice for the delicacies?
- Rocky ruins the motif.
- Did we need to see spitting?
- Grant has some pointless narration.
- How could the wine group have identified the South Australian wine?
- We stage an intervention.
- Is the charity challenge one of the worst they’ve ever done?
- Does the charity challenge actually fit on The Mole?
- Is marketing sexy?
- Did Ben need Rocky there?
- Would Production have accepted a $1,000 donation from the cruise company?
- Abby reveals all on her phone call.
- Josephine goes missing.
- Grant puts the bowl in Bowler.
- Alan tries a new diet.
- Rocky’s highlight is…unique?
- Why did Jan cry?
- Does Rocky need a eulogy?
- How would James have done with the charity challenge?
- Logan locks in his third set of suspicions.
- And we reveal one of the final three challenges.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b37nunrt5ft28bfj/moleau0103.mp351 min - Episode #593 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 2 Recap
Tummy kiss a stranger, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over these eight episodes, three guys who can’t walk in a straight line through a park as they take up too much room – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – continuing with the second episode and execution of Patrick.
In this week’s recap:
- Why did this episode feel so efficient?
- Does Logan have a gambling problem?
- How are people allowed to bet on fixed outcomes?
- Are we enjoying this season two episodes in?
- Why did they specifically tell us the police were on-board with the Ross Race?
- We have our first listener from the season (briefly).
- How did Jan & Josephine end up having to change a tyre?
- Was it actually possible to fail the Ross Rally?
- I get distracted by Beverley’s post-Mole career.
- Jan has two offensive confessionals.
- Who told Grant to dress like that?
- Josephine really does know nothing about golf.
- Why have they never done anything like the laughter challenge again?
- What’s the most cringeworthy moment of the episode?
- Did they set themselves up to fail on the laughter challenge?
- Bindles tries to bait the bingo board.
- Why are the monkeys behind barriers now?
- Should they ever do the laughter challenge again?
- Who was meant to get the sex question?
- What is the next tier after bleating?
- Did they want the group to fail the golf challenge?
- Why did Rocky take eleven seconds to answer the sex question?
- Was this show ever a big hit?
- I hedge my bets.
- Logan manages to offend all of Aotearoa.
- Was an hour long enough?
- Did Ben realise what his archetype was?
- Why did the execution move?
- Did Patrick do an exit interview?
- Logan locks in his second set of suspicions.
- And does Patrick need a eulogy?
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xe5urerk5gpawnj8/moleau0102.mp31 hr 5 min - Episode #592 – The Mole Australia Season 1 Episode 1 Recap
Go to Queenstown without being able to do any adventure sports, because we are back for our ninth season of looking back at Mole history and all the way back to the beginning with Mole Australia Season 1! Over the next eight episodes, three guys who have a budget of $200 – Logan, Bindles & I – are going back through the archives to discuss a spectacularly early 2000s season with a descent into Hell (otherwise known as Tasmania) – beginning with the first episode and execution of James.
In this week’s recap:
- Why did we choose this season?
- Fuzzy gets a free bingo square in a few weeks.
- Just how groundbreaking is this season actually?
- Bindles promises to do some homework.
- Is it charming how low-budget this version?
- Did they do Tasmania well?
- We try and get Glenn on again.
- When did we actually see this season?
- This cast is old.
- Bindles memorised Grant’s speech.
- Does this season do First Words?
- We double-check Logan is following along.
- How did they make the skydive even scarier?
- Josephine is already our favourite.
- Is the skydive a victim of the feature creep?
- Do we need more shows where people don’t know what to expect?
- Jan struggles to explain what they’re doing.
- Is there a chance James could be listening?
- There’s the first Grant Bowler Dick moment of the season.
- Who has the most questionable packing choice?
- Who packed the spatula?
- How old is this show?
- Grant joins a musical.
- Were we being misled on how far away Patrick could have been?
- Bindles spots something that would have been a good sabotage.
- How much money should they be able to make from a crime?
- Everyone hates Beverley.
- How can you narrow the Mole down immediately?
- There’s the first instalment of Grant Fashion Watch.
- Grant & James have an awkward conversation.
- James gets the montage he deserves.
- Logan locks in his first set of suspicions from when he first watched.
- And we set the bonus questions for the season.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next week for more Mole Hunting!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vph6jh2muufwa6x3/moleau0101.mp31 hr 15 min - Episode #591 – De Mol België Portugal Reunion Recap
Go headfirst straight into going home in fifth place, as Best Friend of the Podcast Papa Bear Gilles de Coster returns for another year of treachery, by inviting twelve new candidates to join him for a trip to Portugal! As always, one of them has a second motive – to sabotage and restrict the pot as much as possible, whilst avoiding the searching gaze of both their fellow players and the public! For the last nine weeks, three guys who have been described as selfish, ridiculous and maybe a little bit illegal – Logan, Bindles & I – have been attempting to uncover the truth behind the lies and trying not to overthink it this year, concluding with the reunion episode.
In this episode:
- Logan doesn’t even try and defend himself.
- Production are even trying to dupe the old candidates in a very specific way.
- There’s been a bit of revisionist history happening.
- I get some (well-deserved) praise.
- Why was I so in-tune with Wout?
- How could they have rigged the books?
- Why did no one ask Dries who called?
- What was Isabel’s main weakness?
- Did Maxim & Julie have an underrated advantage?
- Should Wout have pushed so hard at the bullring?
- How many people did Kristof spread on?
- Have they ever confirmed who did worst on a Double Execution before?
- Did Wout regret any sabotages?
- Bindles is like Jurre.
- Have we ever had a contestant call out an actual sabotage before?
- I make it all about me.
- Is there anyone we wouldn’t want to talk to?
- Should Julie have been more selfish?
- Donna & Logan feel left out.
- Is there much difference between civilian Wout and Mole Wout?
- Who would we have picked as Mole from this cast?
- Did Production enjoy this season more than Thailand?
- Where would this season rank?
- We announce what’s next.
- And did Fuzzy finally work out a clue?
Thank you for listening – we’ll be back very soon for another season of Historians!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vc85xd6ei3rgauut/bmole1409.mp352 min - Episode #590 – De Mol België Portugal Finale Recap
Save the nice-looking one for you, as Best Friend of the Podcast Papa Bear Gilles de Coster returns for another year of treachery, by inviting twelve new candidates to join him for a trip to Portugal! As always, one of them has a second motive – to sabotage and restrict the pot as much as possible, whilst avoiding the searching gaze of both their fellow players and the public! Each week, two guys who always say mackerel first – Bindles & I – are attempting to uncover the truth behind the lies and trying not to overthink it this year, continuing with the finale and reveal of Wout as the Mole!
In this episode:
- Bindles has been watching Traitors New Zealand.
- We have a performance review.
- I have some more Antwerp stories – including being in a movie, getting recognised by someone I’d never spoken to before and accidentally maybe making my Dutch TV debut.
- How did they come up with the Beat Gilles challenge?
- We rank the mini-challenges.
- Did Gilles & Julie take a while in the Mackerel challenge?
- Why did they offer the €400 guessing bonus?
- Bindles teaches us about the origins of the Macarena.
- Why didn’t the Beat Gilles challenge get a big reaction?
- Did they head to a Portuguese themed pub pub pub?
- Were the tile pictures AI?
- We try and work out what went on with the tiles.
- Bindles spots a sabotage.
- Who were the paintballers?
- Which is the hardest of the hula hoop mini-challenges?
- Is the final three breakfast a better way of doing the prerequisite nostalgia than a challenge?
- Did anyone surprise us?
- We feel seen by Gilles.
- We reveal the winners of the Pool, First Suspicions and our weekly suspicions.
- I have a very understated response to winning the Suspect List.
- And Logan has been keeping secrets from us.
Against all the odds, I drafted the Mole on my team and win the season, while Bindles’ finalists leave him in second. Logan participated.
You can see the results of the Bother’s Bar Suspect List here.
Thank you for listening – we’ll see you next Thursday to finish up the season, and maybe discover what’s next!
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